Bipper Selected by AlwaysOn as one of the OnMobile Companies to Watch

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile personal safety solution developer Bipper today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the 2013 OnMobile Companies to Watch. Inclusion in the OnMobile Companies to Watch signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. Bipper was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

Bipper and the OnMobile Top 100 companies will be honored at AlwaysOn's OnMobile event on October 10^th, 2013, at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, CA.

This exclusive event gathers the Global Silicon Valley's brightest minds at the historic Fox Theatre in the heart of Silicon Valley for a lively exchange on the top trends and most lucrative entrepreneurial opportunities in mobile.

"The new digital age is being developed and deployed in a mobile, connected world. Coupled with an increasingly stable and reliable cloud infrastructure, users are abandoning their tangle of wires and embracing the freedom of mobile technology. Business and consumer users alike are connecting more and more devices, and opening up new innovation opportunities in the Global Silicon Valley," says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "This year's OnMobile Companies to Watch are continuing to disrupt the established technology norms, creating an exciting new market for applications and infrastructure solutions. We congratulate the 2013 OnMobile Companies to Watch—companies that our editors believe represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in today's private company marketplace."

The OnMobile Companies to Watch winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2013 list.

Bipper's bSafe mobile personal safety app for Android, iPhone and Blackberry devices uses text, video and GPS-tracking capabilities to protect users who are walking alone or in locations that may be unsafe. It features an SOS button that sounds an alarm, transmits text messages requesting help to designated contacts and uploads a map and recorded video of the user's location. The company's MobileKids app for Android and iPhone has advanced safety features plus capabilities that allow parents to monitor and control children's mobile phone usage.

"We're thrilled to be included in the AlwaysOn Companies to Watch list," says Silje Vallestad, founder and CEO of Bipper. "The mobile communications revolution is driving innovation that improves productivity and gives consumers more freedom, and we're committed to the idea that mobile technology can also be used to keep adults and children safer and restore a level of control to parents in the digital age."  

About Bipper
Bipper was founded by Silje Vallestad, a mother of three, after her six-year-old daughter's friends began using cell phones and she was unable to find custom mobile solutions that covered her needs as a parent concerned about her children's safety.

Bipper developed and launched MobileKids in Norway and Bulgaria in partnership with two operators in the fall of 2010 and brought the mobile application for smartphones to the international market in 2013. The company launched bSafe in 2011 prompted by requests from mothers who wanted access to the same SOS feature available on their children's MobileKids app.

Headquartered in Norway with offices in Silicon Valley and Kiev, Bipper has received awards that include Red Herring Global, Rookie of the Year, Bully Award, Mobile Premier Award and SIMagine. In 2011, founder Silje Vallestad was named Norway's Entrepreneur of the Year.

About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand connecting and informing the entrepreneurial community in the Global Silicon Valley. Founded by Red Herring founding editor, Tony Perkins in 2003, AlwaysOn's mission is to continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, bloggers, and advertisers like no other media brand.

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